Category: Childhood

  • The Effect of Childhood Socioeconomic Status on Late Midlife Cognitive Abilities

    Description The article focuses on the effect of one’s childhood experiences on their cognitive development into adulthood. More specifically, the work studied the role of a child’s socioeconomic status in the processes of their cognitive maturing. In order to study the objective, an experiment involving over 1000 male twins was carried out. Two average age…

  • The Early Childhood Education and Care Movement

    It is impossible to imagine a child’s cognitive and social development without early childhood education and care services and institutions. However, it has not always been like that; although kindergartens and nurseries were already established in the 19th century in several countries, mass children’s education became widespread only in the 1960s (Kamerman, 2006). Only due…

  • Anthropology of Childhood in America

    The process of understanding human behavior can be complicated because people react and respond differently based on the situations and the overall surrounding. Children make the case even more confusing since they have the potential to interpret the conditions effectively in a way their parents might fail to comprehend. In most cases, guardians assume that…

  • Childhood Vaccination Dilemma and Kant’s Ethics

    The necessity of childhood vaccinations has long provoked conflicting reactions and raised many moral and ethical questions among the public. For many years, opposing views on this subject have clashed with each other (Shields et al., 2020). However, moral guidance on this issue can be achieved through the application of Immanuel Kant’s ethics with a…

  • Childhood Gender Analysis: Factors Influencing Gender Perception

    To understand gender analysis in childhood it is important to understand gender. Gender is the socially constructed roles expected from each gender. For instance, a woman is expected to cook for her family is a gender role expected from her. These roles vary from one society to another. This paper covers how different people, media…

  • Gay and Lesbian Adoption: Normalizing a Healthy Childhood

    Table of Contents Introduction Legal Framework: Family as a Human Right Social Inclusion: School, Behavior, and Well-Being Cognitive and Physical Health Psychological Health: The Conflicting Argument Conclusion References Introduction In the contemporary world, most societies claim to be democratic and aim to achieve ultimate equality for all. While some inequalities are seemingly in the past,…

  • Digital Technology Is Changing Childhood

    There is a clear trend towards increased digital technology use in minors. In recent decades everyone has grown attached to their smart device, younger generations in particular. The urges to severely limit children’s screen time and monitor their online activity likely stem from genuine concern. For hundreds of years, it has been in the nature…

  • Childhood Psychological Trauma: Rape

    Table of Contents Introduction Description Theory application and literature review Approaches to trauma prevention and intervention Suggestions for future research Conclusion References Introduction Throughout an individual’s life, certain things occur and leave one with a wound or shock that causes serious implications. These events can cause both emotional and physical damage to the body of…

  • Childhood Factors in Becoming an Addict in Adult Life

    Childhood lays the foundation for any person’s life, and, unfortunately, sometimes this foundation leads to sad events, and a person becomes a drug addict. This paper lists various programs and scientific approaches aimed at eliminating the factors of childhood that lead to drug addiction and alcoholism in adulthood. First, a literature review and statistics of…

  • Childhood Issues Research: Causes and Consequences

    Sutherland’s article research Thesis Statement The article by Sutherland (1992) focuses on the so-called voyeuristic empathy related to childhood reminiscence. The thesis posed by the author can be identified as follows: childhood is composed of structural states that may differ, depending on the certain period and cultural peculiarities that are necessary to be explored to…